Eso (1997)
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Cast
Daniel Guzmán, Diana Gálvez, Antonio Molero, Javier Cámara, Saturnino García, Blanca Portillo, Francisco Maestre, Beatriz Santiago, Virginia Chávarri, Francisco Vidal
A documentary follows a grandmother’s search for her granddaughter, kidnapped during Argentina’s military dictatorship.
The story
The documentary follows María Esther Gatti de Islas as she searches for her granddaughter, Mariana Zaffaroni Islas. Mariana was eighteen months old when she was kidnapped in 1976 in Vicente López, Buenos Aires Province, along with her parents, Uruguayan activists Jorge Roberto Zaffaroni Castilla and María Emilia Islas Gatti, who remain disappeared. After democracy returned in 1983, the Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo intensified their campaign, displaying photographs of children and grandchildren who had disappeared during the dictatorship. A photograph of Mariana began circulating, with her eyes and gaze especially striking.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
The documentary recounts the search María Esther Gatti de Islas has been conducting to find her granddaughter, Mariana Zaffaroni Islas, who was kidnapped in the Partido de Vicente López, in Buenos Aires Province, in 1976, during the military dictatorship known as the National Reorganization Process (1976–1983). She was kidnapped along with her parents, the Uruguayan activists Jorge Roberto Zaffaroni Castilla and María Emilia Islas Gatti, who remain disappeared. Mariana was eighteen months old at the time. With the return to democracy in 1983, the Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo stepped up their campaign featuring photographs of their daughters and sons and grandchildren who had disappeared during the dictatorship. At that point, a photograph began circulating in which Mariana’s eyes and gaze stood out.
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